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Buccaneer Media
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Paramount+ links with Buccaneer to adapt crime thriller ‘The Crow Girl’
Paramount+ UK & Ireland has ordered The Crow Girl, a new original crime thriller series…
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Buccaneer & Halcyon Studios partner to adapt CJ Tudor’s ‘The Drift’
London-based Buccaneer and LA’s Halcyon Studios are teaming up to adapt CJ Tudor’s upcoming post-apocalyptic…
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Paramount+ UK links with SBS & TVNZ on Buccaneer’s ‘Doll Factory’ drama
Paramount+ in the UK and Ireland has partnered with Australia’s SBS and New Zealand’s TVNZ on…
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UK broadcasters must ‘step up’ & play with Europe more on coproductions
UK-based broadcasters need to “step up” and refocus their efforts on the European market rather…
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Norway’s NRK orders Leonard Cohen drama from Buccaneer & Redpoint
Norwegian broadcaster NRK has commissioned So Long, Marianne, a new drama series from UK-based Buccaneer…
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Show of the Week: Irvine Welsh’s Crime
Few names in Scottish fiction loom as large as Irvine Welsh, the author of acclaimed…
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Acorn TV returns to ‘Whitstable Pearl’, as first season sells globally
AMC Networks’ streamer Acorn TV has ordered a second season of UK crime drama Whitstable…
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Buccaneer & Dougray Scott launch Scottish prodco
Crime producer Buccaneer Media has linked with Mission Impossible 2 actor Dougray Scott to launch…
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UK’s Buccaneer Media to adapt Irvine Welsh’s ‘Trainspotting’ sequel ‘The Blade Artist’
Buccaneer Media, the London-based Marcella prodco, is in development on an adaptation of the Irvine…
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Buccaneer boosts senior ranks with Tiger Aspect & A+E exec hires
UK-based Marcella producer Buccaneer Media has bolstered its senior management team with the appointment of…
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Show of the Week: Whitstable Pearl
The sunny seaside meets murder most foul in this new 6 x 60-minute crime drama…
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Round-up: ‘Don’t Forget The Lyrics’ for Portugal’s RTP1; STV Player rolls out UK-wide; Rai Ragazzi pre-buys ‘Grisù’
‘Don’t Forget The Lyrics’ for Portugal’s RTP1 RTP1 in Portugal has picked up a local…
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Round-up: Seven.One strikes five-season ‘Top Model’ deal; Buccaneer to adapt ‘The Burning Girls’; ITV re-enters ‘The Cube’
Seven.One strikes five-season ‘Top Model’ deal Germany’s Seven.One Entertainment Group has renewed Germany’s Next Top…
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Buccaneer & Nevision partner with Framestore on ‘Beetle Boy’ adaptation
UK-based Buccaneer Media has partnered with indie producer and financier Nevision to develop MG Leonard’s…
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TBI Special Report Four: Learning from lockdown
Covid-19’s impact on the TV business has been immense, but not all the ramifications are…
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TBI Special Report Part One: Adapting production during lock down and beyond
Screen production has been among the hardest hit sectors from the Covid-19 pandemic, with freelance…
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Buccaneer appoints Richard Tulk-Hart from A+E Networks as co-CEO
Richard Tulk-Hart is stepping down from his role as A+E Networks MD of international distribution,…
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Sales round-up: Cineflix Rights, Orange Smarty, Beano Studios
Cineflix Rights scores French deal for Marcella The London-based distributor has sold series one of…
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Remedy Productions appoints CCO
Remedy Productions, whose recent productions include BBC1’s Saturday night, family game show Ready or Not, and a…
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MTV inks deal for Just Tattoo of Us
Viacom network MTV is to debut a reality series titled Just Tattoo of Us on…
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Irvine Welsh novel set for TV remake
An Irvine Welsh novel is set to get a television adaptation, marking the such development…
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Marcella co-creator joins Tony Wood indie
Marcella co-creator Nicola Larder has joined the ITV show’s production company, Buccaneer Media, as executive…
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Nick, YTV order Anglo-Canadian copro
Nickelodeon and Canada’s YTV have co-ordered a live-action series from British and Canadian production companies….
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Buccaneer nabs Big Bro exec from Endemol Shine
London-based Buccaneer Media has poached an Endemol Shine UK executive to become its head of…
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Cineflix snags buzzy British noir series
The distribution arm of Cineflix has won the rights to Marcella, the upcoming ‘British noir’…
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ITV sets dramas with Nye, Bridge writer
UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned a crime series from the screenwriter behind The Bridge, a…
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Sky orders British-Asian unscripted reality show
Sky Living has ordered Desi Rascals (WT), a twelve-part structured reality show about British Asians…
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Buccaneer Media hires unscripted boss
Buccaneer Media has recruited Ross McCarthy as its head of unscripted. The role is a…
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Cineflix clarifies position following strategic review
Cineflix has clarified that its Buccaneer Media joint venture is not part of the review…
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Cineflix, Tony Wood launch Buccaneer Media
Cineflix Studios has hooked up with former Lime Pictures creative Tony Wood to create a…